Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-11-18
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JOHN BROWN, son of the celebrated
emancipation, sent eight boxes of grapes to
each OF the Chicago anarchists, including
Neebe, from John Browns vineyard"
They reached the Jail with a message stat
ing that the sender was n foe to monopoly
and tyranny of any sort.
In letter to Gen. Weaver concerning
the Iowa evictions, the president shows
that ii is impossible for the federal au-
thorities to interfere in the controversy.
FIRES raging in the timber and on the
praries in the vicinity of Centralia, ILL.,,
caused the people of the town to be
alarmed because the water supply is Very
limited, and there is no way to extinguish
the flames.
II. I. HERDUE, q prominent citizen of
Oskaloosa, dropped dead the other morn
ing in the Rock Island depot at Altoona.
He was serving Oh the Federal grand jury,
and had spent Sunday with his brother at
Altoona. He purchased ticket for Des
Mones and a moment later dropped dead,
supposedly from heart disease.
The F'reeman's Journal says O'Br;en
and Vaudeville have been put on bread
and water as punishment for refusing TO
wear prison garb.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says that
eighteen young army officers have been
sentenced to various terms Of exile in ST.
IBERIA on charges of connection with Il rev.
dictionary plot against the government
A DEPUTATloN protesting TO represent
the liberal and radical clubs of London
provinces visited the United States lega-
ton to present 10 Phelps a protest against
the execution OF the Chicago anarchists,
and asked him to cable it to the governor
OF Illinois. The depu alton YVES without
credent ais and were all unknown to the
minister, who declined to receive the pro-
test or to interfere i'll any way in the mat
ter.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN has arrived in Lon
don. A crowd OF $500 betting men, pugil-
lists and roushs assembled at the railway
station to welcome him, and when the
train arrived wild rush was made for the
car which Sullivan occupied. The excite
ment Was great.
AS the representative Of Canada's in
terest at the Washington conference. Mr..
Chamberlain occupies very peculiar posi-
ton. He has Teen persistently abused
ever since his apr intment by the people
whose cause he is 10 champion, and now
lecturer at Quebec has capped the climax
by calling INN political Jonah cast to tn,
fisheries commission whale.
AT meeting held in Philadelphia il
honor Of the peace commissioners from
Great Britain, resolutions were adopted
asking the president to incorporate in hi:
next MESA e to congress a suggestion EN-
bodying the sentiment Of the comm s-ion
The election November Sth passed OF
quietly in the various states of the union
In most localities the vote was UNUSUAL,
large. The democrat" majority il
New York is estimated ut about 10000
The contest in Ohio was close. but it il
thou lit that the republicans have carriet
the state by a good majority. Virgins
and Maryland gave the democratic candi
dates handsome majorlties. Iowa role,
up its usual republican majority of from
1000 to 10000. Illinois and Nebrask
also wen: rep b!ican.
SAM JONES, the evangelist, was in Chi
cago recently. He is at present engage,
in a lectur.ng tour, bat will begin his re
vival N etings again in January, at Kansa
City. He attributes the failure of his worl
in Chicago TO the size Of the place. Il
quote his own wo"ds: you may bite al
apple, but you can't bite pumpkin"